Lucio Battisti Musical artist

Lucio Battisti (5 March 1943 – 9 September 1998) was an Italian singer and composer. He is considered to be one of the best-known and most influential musicians and authors in Italian pop/rock music history.Battisti started his career in 1966 and from 1969 to 1994 he released 18 albums in his home country. A significant part of his production was translated into Spanish (various albums) and English (one album). He was renowned to be an extremely reserved artist: during his successful career he performed only a small number of live concerts, and in the early 1980s he announced he would limit himself to his studio albums, completely disappearing from the Italian public scene.

Personal facts

Lucio Battisti
Birth dateMarch 05, 1943
Birth place
Italy , Lazio , Poggio Bustone
Date of deathSeptember 09, 1998
Place of death
Italy , Milan
Hometown
Italy
Poggio Bustone

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Musical artist

Career started1966
Career ended1994
associated musical artist
Mogol (lyricist)
Mina (singer)
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Pop music
Progressive rock
Synthpop
Pop rock
instrument
Guitar
Piano
Human voice
record label
CBS
Sony BMG
Numero Uno (company)

Lucio Battisti on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/discografie/d_battistil.htm
  2. http://www.luciobattisti.info